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But it wouldn't be BTC anymore and wouldn't have backing of the market...so very different. Look at ETH and ETH classic. Or even BTC vs LTC. None of the forks come even close to the Original.
This happens because a hard fork is a rule change. Now where do you fit in financial stability in that mess? You don't. That's the entire initial argument. Due to... this:
Except each time the coin forks, you effectively invent another million+ coins out of nothingness.
The number of cryptocoins continued to grow through last year and the year before. Now we're entering a "recession" of coins it seems, where cryptocoins start to collapse in value and consolidate.
You are right, but this is something that occurs by design, since anyone can create a cryptocurrency out of thin air, there is no central authority to regulate the currency. Exchanges, which have grown attached to the stock market, have been more than just brokering trades - many have been actively manipulating currencies. These big exchange companies have largely taken place of central authorities, much to cryptobros' ideological dismay. In fact, Binance suspended Luna trading far before it entirely collapsed, after they've realized absolutely massive (in order of 99,9%) losses:
LUNA & UST Trading Suspended | Binance Support
Fellow Binancians, Binance will suspend spot trading for the LUNA/BUSD and UST/BUSD trading pairs at 08:30 AM (UTC) on 2022-05-13 . Withdrawals for LUNA and UST will open when the network becomes ...
www.binance.com
Forked or not, a currency is only valuable if there is a consensus of trust around its worth and viability, which Terra and Luna lost.